Re: [linuxce-devel] PocketLinux introduction

Hi!

> > > What I find really interesting about how it works is that most of the
> > > applications we've written basically consist of a few XML pages, and
> > > possibly a bit of Java logic. That means they are _small_. Most of
> > > the code resides in the core libraries, where it gets reused between
> > > applications.
> >
> > Is that the same thing I saw in romdisk-demo? It also used some kind
> > of scripting. [Or am I confusing you with someone else?]
>
> I think you're confusing me with Jay Carlson's stuff (which used W).
> We haven't built our latest image for the Helio yet (we hope to have
> that done in the next few weeks).

Yup, I am confused.

> > Does your mips stuff cope with different that 160x160 framebuffer
> > resolutions these days? That was what prevented me from running on
> > Philips Velo 1.
>
> The kernel for the Helio is hardcoded for the 160x160 LCD that it has.
> I'm just using the linux-vr CVS repository for my kernels, so if you
> build a kernel for the Velo, it should work there too. I still want
> to get it going on the Philips Nino sometimes too, but I'll have to
> figure out the values for that. I guess it is theoretically possible
> for the kernel to autodetect which machine it's running on, and then
> initialize the LCD appropriately, but there are other things to worry
> about too, such as keyboard drivers, PCMCIA (on the Mobilon), etc.
> It's probably better to have separate kernels.

Well, I think that autodetection should be our big goal.

> Our applications can run at any resolution, because we haven't
> hardcoded any height/width values (we use the Java AWT to layout the
> screens).

Great. Jay did mistake of hardcoding size at user level. Where can I
get rom image?

> > > Our latest demo stuff has been built for the iPaq, and we'll be
> > > squeezing it to fit onto the Helio over the next few weeks. We did
> > > the latest demo for the iPaq first, because it's a bit more luxurious
> > > of an environment, and it's good eye-candy for the demos. But the
> > > Helio is extremely interesting too, because it's very low cost ($149).
> > > Plus the Helio has been a shipping product for nearly a year. We've
> > > got 250 of them to sell and/or give away - drop me a note if you're
> > > interested.
> >
> > Hmm, I already have one unit promissed, but it does not seem to
> > come... I have velo 1 unit, which is has other problems (it has
> > keyboard, but linux can not be kept up for more than few hours because
> > I'm unable to hibernate).
>
> What type of unit? A Helio or an iPaq?

Helio.

> If you want a Helio, I could probably arrange to sent you one of ours.
> Just give me a shipping address.

As I said, I already have one promissed but it does not seem to
come. I'll give you ground-mail address in private mail.
                                                                Pavel

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